Common Purpose Design

Common Purpose Design Creating designs at the intersection of function and beauty ✨
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Another cold day, another reason to get the fire going ❄️Our rule of thumb for mixing and matching styles is to find two...
02/07/2025

Another cold day, another reason to get the fire going ❄️

Our rule of thumb for mixing and matching styles is to find two that share some common design elements, then use colour and textiles to maintain a through-line. For example, I find that Craftsman homes work well with mid-century modern furniture because both feature clean lines, stained wood, and an appreciation for craftsmanship.

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Love a niche ✌🏻We put one on each end of this super long hood so that our clients could tuck a few things out of sight b...
02/05/2025

Love a niche ✌🏻We put one on each end of this super long hood so that our clients could tuck a few things out of sight but still keep them close at hand

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Hotel vibes at home (which I’m sure doesn’t really mean that every day feels like a vacation, but I’m also sure that it ...
01/30/2025

Hotel vibes at home (which I’m sure doesn’t really mean that every day feels like a vacation, but I’m also sure that it doesn’t hurt!)

Check out the link in our bio to see the kitchen and living room from this same project.

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Happy Friday! We quietly uploaded the kitchen and living room from our Respect the 90s project to the website last night...
01/17/2025

Happy Friday! We quietly uploaded the kitchen and living room from our Respect the 90s project to the website last night. Click the link in bio to dive in (and to understand the name, because… what???)

Primary Bedroom and Ensuite coming soon!

Happy New Year, friends. We are starting the year with that clean sheets, freshly made bed sort of feeling ✨ Wishing you...
01/02/2025

Happy New Year, friends. We are starting the year with that clean sheets, freshly made bed sort of feeling ✨ Wishing you nothing but the best as we enter 2025

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Farewell Millennial Grey 👋🏻 We’re giving you permission to stop playing it safe, stop worrying about resale value, and i...
11/23/2024

Farewell Millennial Grey 👋🏻 We’re giving you permission to stop playing it safe, stop worrying about resale value, and instead prioritize joy in your own home. Paint the walls yellow and install the burgundy tile!

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A 100% utilitarian kitchen serves a purpose, but if you don’t feel good while you’re working in it, is it still a good d...
11/21/2024

A 100% utilitarian kitchen serves a purpose, but if you don’t feel good while you’re working in it, is it still a good design? Sometimes function isn’t just about the nuts and bolts of life, but about bringing joy ✨

This open shelving allows our client to display her favourite tchotchkes and artwork, keeps go-to cookbooks close at hand, and looks great while doing it. The elimination of cupboard doors on this wall also helps the space feel a little bit more open, which was crucial for the small footprint of the room.

What do you value most in a kitchen? Function or beauty? A bit of both?

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We love to create beautiful spaces, but always put function first. To ensure our designs work hard for our clients, we s...
11/03/2024

We love to create beautiful spaces, but always put function first.

To ensure our designs work hard for our clients, we start by getting to know their daily routines, what works well in their current space and what drives them crazy about it. We always plan for life as it’s lived 90% of the time, and ensure our designs can flex to suit the 10%, too.

This appliance cupboard is where form and function collide in our Hamilton Heritage Home project. The kitchen has a relatively small footprint, and we wanted to help it feel a bit bigger by reducing visual clutter. The appliance cupboard is the perfect solution - there when you want it, hidden away when you don’t. It keeps things close-at-hand without filling countertops, and blends seamlessly with the panel-ready refrigerator to its right.

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Bringing back a classic: the bread board 🥖Excited to start trickling some photos of this project out into the world! I’l...
10/21/2024

Bringing back a classic: the bread board 🥖

Excited to start trickling some photos of this project out into the world! I’ll be sharing them all on our website later this week :) stay tuned

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